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J.P. Morgan's tokenized Treasury funds have swelled to $885M since May. The two Ethereum-based products now account for a hefty slice of the $15B tokenized T-bill market.
Korea opens real-name crypto accounts for 3,500 firms. Tokenized securities law takes effect Feb. 2027. Bank of Korea tests deposit tokens with nine banks. BitGo Korea registered for custody.
Everything Protocol's whitepaper proposes a unified DeFi reserve for trading, lending and limit orders, aiming to solve liquidity fragmentation with internal pricing and a claim hierarchy for stress periods.
Coinbase, Gemini, and Bullish all reported lower Q2 trading income. Each is chasing different revenue streams — stablecoins, prediction markets, and tokenized securities — as spot fees shrink.
HMRC sent 81,000 crypto tax warning letters, up 25% year-on-year. The OECD's CARF starts in 2027, giving tax authorities standardized transaction data across 46 jurisdictions.
Treasury's GENIUS Act proposal sets a July 2028 deadline for offshore stablecoins to be sold on US exchanges. Tether's USDT faces the biggest test as exchanges weigh liquidity against compliance.
Coinbase's stablecoin holdings jumped 44% to $20B as the exchange and rivals Gemini and Bullish pivot to new revenue streams after Q2 trading revenue fell.
Crescite report says blockchain can make global payments instant and free, with ethical finance applications for emerging markets. Token launch set for August.
Tests in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Spain and France show Binance accepts new users without a MiCA license, while the Austrian FMA fined Bitpanda €70,000 for similar violations.
A Sandmark test found Binance still accepts new EU customers after MiCA. Two accounts passed full KYC. ESMA guidelines require a halt; EU watchdogs may now escalate.
South Korea's FSS has deployed generative AI to scan trading data, news, and online content for price manipulation. Human review remains mandatory before any investigation.
SEC no-action letter lets Franklin Templeton mutual funds and ETFs hold tokenized money-market shares as collateral. First such relief for a traditional fund, Kaul says.
A 2.5% Bitcoin drop sparked $476M in long liquidations in 60 minutes on Aug. 22, hitting Binance, Hyperliquid, and Bybit. The cascade highlights the risk of crowded leverage on thin order books.
Crypto futures open interest shed $3B across major coins in mid-August 2026. Exchanges liquidated $308M in long positions as prices slid. The drop was not caused by a single exchange or bad actor.
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A Reuters/Ipsos poll found 63% of Americans say Trump's crypto profits are inappropriate. The finding reshapes the CLARITY Act ethics fight ahead of a Sept. 15 Senate vote.
Binance launched AI agent trading via Agent OS, the fifth exchange to do so in 30 days. Isolated sub-accounts prevent theft but not trading losses. The user bears all risk.
After 23 of 25 crypto investigations stalled, South Korean lawmakers propose letting the FIU directly pursue unregistered operators without police approval.
Emirati police detained two Binance workers at airports amid a fraud inquiry into fund flows, the NYT reported. The detentions add to Binance’s regulatory challenges after its 2023 guilty plea.
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The Crypto Council for Innovation and the Blockchain Association sued Illinois over its 0.2% digital asset tax, calling it discriminatory and too vague for businesses to follow. The case could set a precedent for how other states approach crypto taxation.
Grayscale's Zach Pandl says proposed SEC fundraising rules could drive more issuance on Ethereum, Solana, and BNB Chain, raising demand for their native tokens.
Standard Chartered and HSBC completed the first interbank transaction on Swift's blockchain ledger. The live cross-border payment showed tokenized deposits from two regulated banks can interoperate through Swift's infrastructure, with 17 banks preparing pilots.
South Korea's FSS AI platform monitors thousands of tokens, targets wash trading and price manipulation, and scans YouTube and chat rooms for suspicious activity.
SEC official says Biden-era crypto strategy was designed to block digital assets; agency has rescinded SAB 121, dismissed cases, and proposed a new framework.
SEC's proposed Regulation Crypto Asset borrows from Reg CF and Reg A. Startup Exemption allows $5M over four years; Fundraising Exemption tops out at $75M.
Matthew Hyland compares the June sell-off to March 2020, predicting altcoins could recover within months. Bitcoin above $76,000, XRP up 18%.
Nomura's Laser Digital Japan won Japan's first new crypto exchange license since 2022, following a $65M loss that tightened risk limits. Institutional trading launch timeline remains unclear.
FASB proposal defines three criteria for stablecoins as cash equivalents: demand redemption, direct claim on issuer, segregated liquid reserves. MiCA already requires this in the EU.
The CLARITY Act's passage odds collapsed from 82% to 16% after the Senate postponed a cloture vote to September 15 over ethics provisions tied to public officials' crypto holdings.